I'm 8 days post op. Cannot do pureed meats...too gross. Is it ok to to do shredded chicken or shredded meatballs and just chew really good?

That question is better suited for your surgeon or nutritionist. You wouldn't want to do something to hurt your sleeve while it is still healing. Good luck!

One suggestion my NUT gave me was to use a NutriBullet or blender to puree chicken and then mix it with a fat free chicken gravy. The chicken should be cooled before blending. I haven't tried it yet because I am still on full liquid, but am looking forward to trying it next week. Another idea...flake Water packed tuna fish and mix with a reduced fat mayonnaise. You can do the same with the chicken.

I have used nutribullet to puree meatballs and tuna recipe they gave me and it was disgusting. It's like baby food. I've just been mashing real good and chewing real good and doing ok.

I just had the tuna and blended it in the blender with a small amount of mayo. I also added a tiny amount of dill pickle and onion. Well blended. It tasted pretty good though a little hard to get past the look. It was a nice change from protein drinks.